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v Swivel Holder for, Fish Hooks,

NO. 236,161. Patented Jan. 4,1881.

ATTIEISTZ INVENTOR? N-PETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON, D C

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHRISTOPHER HYMERS, OF ST. LOUIS,

MISSOURI.

SWIVEL-HOLDER FOR FISH-HOOKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 236,161, dated January4, 1881.

7 Application filed December 23, 1879.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHRISTOPHER HYMERs, ofthe city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Swivel Clamps or Holders for Fish-Hooks;and I dmhereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The purpose of this invention is to form a cheap, durable, and effectiveholder or clamp for clamping and holding different sizes of fish-hooks,jewelry, wires, ropes and lines of hemp, wire, or other material; andthis invention consists in the provision, in a suitablyforined head, ofexpanding jaws which, on being forced down, close together so as to holdany size of hook required. These jaws are held at any desired positionby aturning cam journaled on the stem of the jaws and engaging in one ofa series of notches in the side bars of the head, as will hereinaftermore fully appear. The holder is provided with a swivel-loop at the endopposite to the holding-jaws, to prevent untwisting, kinkii-ig, 850., ofthe line or rope to which it is attached.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view illustrating myinvention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section. Fig. 3 is adetail perspectiveview of the expanding jaws and their attachments, and Fig. 4 is a detailplan of the locking-cam.

In the drawings, A represents the housing or head, having at top acylindrical sleeve, B, and at bottom a conical sleeve, 0, which areconnected together by two side bars, a. To

the sleeve B is connected the swivel-loop D, to which the line or ropeis attached, as clearly indicated in the drawings.

is arranged the holding or clamping device, consisting of expanding jawsE, having, preferably, spring-stems e 6, connected together at top to aguide-stem, e. The jaws E are formed tapering to lit the taper of thesleeve G, in order that the Inside the housing A jaws will be forcedtogether when they are pulled or pushed down into said sleeve. As thejaws E are drawn or pushed up they expand, so that various sizes ofbooks, rods, 800., can be engaged between them and firmly and securelyheld.

The holding surface of the jaws may be formed with a ratchet for thebetter holding of the article introduced between them.

In order to hold the jaws E in any position required there is arrangedon the stem 0 of said jaws a turning cam, F, which can be turned toengage any one of a series of notches, a, formed on the inner edges ofthe side bar, a, and thus hold the jaws in the required position.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is- 1. Thecombination of the expanding jaws F, tapering sleeve G, side bars, 04,provided with notches a, sleeve B, cam F, and springstems c c, as andfor the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the sleeve B, swivel 1), side bars, a, providedwith notches a, sleeve 0, expanding jaws and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony of said invention I have hereunto set my hand.

ounisrorunn HYMERS.

In presence of- CHARLES BURDIGK, RoB'r. BURNS.

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